June 20, 2005 -- -- The U.S. mission to the United Nations was formally established on April 28, 1947. The United States has its own representative with the title of ambassador.

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Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar stressed that sustainable development in developing countries depends on ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — There have been many memorable moments in the 80-year history of the United Nations, both at its headquarters in New York and at its far-flung global operations. Here are photos ...

The United Nations is now at a similar inflection point to the League’s position in the 1930s. When the League ended, the United Nations and several of its agencies became operative.

REFORM AND REALITY Liberating the United Nations includes a deep dive into the authors’ own experiences in the organization. Falk, for many decades a professor of international law at Princeton ...

Here are some of the United Nations' history-making events as the world body marks the anniversary of its founding on June 26, 1945, when the U.N. Charter was signed by 50 countries in San Francisco.